Staff
Catherine Leach, Executive Director
Email: catherine@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 23
Favourite time of the year: Spring
Favourite quote: “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Favourite song: Everyone Deserves Music – Michael Franti
On working at Kits House: On working at Kits House: I cherish the opportunity to work with amazing, creative and innovative people and volunteers for the purpose of supporting individuals to be everything they can be and I value the opportunity to support the development of capacity within communities to create and maintain healthy, vibrant, caring and compassionate neighbourhoods.
Emily Palmer, Director of Community Programs
Email: emily@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 27
Favourite time of the year: Spring
Favourite quote: Favorite Quote: “On ne voit bien qu’avec le coeur; l’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.” (“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”) – Le Petit Prince Antoine de Saint Exupery
Favourite song: In Your Eyes — Peter Gabriel
On working at Kits House: My favourite part about working at Kits House is working under a community development model. When an idea or need in the community can be addressed in creative and collaborative ways it is very inspiring.
Paul Riley, Operations Manager
Email: paul@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 22
Favourite time of the year: Summer
Favourite quote: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi
Favourite song: Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
On working at Kits House: I am inspired by the passion, dedication, and talent of the people I get to work with everyday.
Sandra Petrozzi, Coordinator of Family & Seniors Programs
Email: sandra@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 28
Favourite time of the year: Summer and pretty much anytime the sun comes out!
Favourite quote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” – Margaret Mead
Favourite song: I love to dance so I enjoy anything with a good rhythm like Juan Luis Guerra, Celia Cruz, and many others.
On working at Kits House: Kits House is like a home away from home. Every day I’m inspired by the incredible gifts and affection shared by our volunteers, community members and staff. It’s a great place to work!
Karen Tennant, Front Desk & Administration Worker
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Favourite time of the year: Summer
Favourite quote: “ To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way - June Jordan
Favourite song: Big Hard Sun- Eddie Vedder
On working at Kits House: I’m looking forward to an exciting new challenge. And working with some great people.
Patricia Paz, Family Outreach Worker
Email: patricia@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 25
Favourite time of the year: Spring
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Favourite song: Beautiful by Cristina Aguilera
On working at Kits House: A blessing
Roya Bardshiry, Family Resource Practitioner
Email: roya@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 31
Favourite time of the year: Summer
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Favourite song: Pocket full of sunshine
On working at Kits House: I have felt supported and would like to give back!
Rachelle Gauthier, Childcare Supervisor
Email: rachelle@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 35
Favourite time of the year: When the leaves change colour
Favourite quote: “A person is a person, no matter how small” –Dr. Seuss
Favourite song: “Sentimental Heart” – She & Him
On working at Kits House: I have really enjoyed being involved in the childcare programs, working with and for children is very rewarding and restorative. I love the ever-changing and evolving nature of Kits House because of how we are always re-shaping our programs to fit the needs of the community.
Carolyn Major, Childcare Assistant
Email: dunbarkidsclub@kitshouse.org
Phone:
Favourite time of the year: Summer 
Favourite quote: Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Favourite song: Imagine - John Lennon
On working at Kits House: I love working at Dunbar Kids Club and Bumbletree The programs are filled with amazing children that I am beyond grateful to know! I feel honoured to be part of the Kits House team – a team full of people who are so dedicated and passionate about making positive change in the lives of others… It’s enough to feel inspired everyday!
Zsuzsi Fodor, Community Organizer & Westside Food Collaborative Coordinator
Email: zsuzsi@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 31
Favourite time of the year: Whenever there is sunshine.
Favourite quote: “Solving justice problems in food and agriculture begins with recognizing that problems are created by people and thus resolvable by people.” Patricia Allen
Favourite song: KC Accidental by Broken Social Scene
On working at Kits House: I work at Kits House to enable others to make their communities the best possible places to be.
Julie Rieter, Volunteer Programmer & Fund Developer
Email: julier@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 33
Favourite time of the year: Summer
Favourite quote: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
Favourite song: “Jump Around” by House of Pain and “La Vie en Rose” by Louis Armstrong are always on my IPod.
On working at Kits House: I love that (almost) anything is possible at a Neighbourhood House. The recipe for success calls for: innovative staff and community members, enthusiastic volunteers, a little funding and a dash of magic!
Nikki Wrankmore, Linden Tree Place Site Support Worker & Family Support Worker
Email: nikki@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-736-3588 ext. 26
Favourite time of the year: the time between summer and fall when it first starts raining.
Favourite quote: “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything they learned in school.”- Albert Einstein.
Favourite song: anything off Paul Simon’s Graceland Album
On working at Kits House: every day I get up and come to work with a community rather than at a job.
Taylor Mcdougall, Community Programmer- Steeves Manor
Email: taylor@kitshouse.org
Phone: 604-224-4302
Favourite time of the year: Autumn
Favourite quote: “Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Favourite song: Bob Dylan – Shelter From The Storm
On working at Kits House: A day of work for me will typically consist of laughter, creativity, inspiration and encouragement, all bound together by a surreal sense of community inclusiveness. So in fact, it would seem ‘work’ has been taken out the equation, only to be replaced by countless opportunities to make sustainable change, leaving me in a truly unique position.
Maya Yoshime , Childcare Assistant
Email: kidsclub@kitshouse.org
Phone:
Favourite time of the year: Summer
Favourite quote: “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” William W. Purkey
Favourite song: Hosanna in the highest
On working at Kits House: Amazing place to work. I enjoy my days spent with children of different ages and backgrounds.
Anthony Holloway , Kit’s Kids’ Club OSCAssistant
Email: kidsclub@kitshouse.org
Phone:
Favourite time of the year: Summer
Favourite quote: “ Dance like nobody is watching!”
Favourite song: Swing by Zero 7
On working at Kits House: I’m looking forward to an exciting new challenge. And working with some great people.
Lindsay Fraser, Childcare Assistant
Phone:
Favourite time of the year: Summer
Favourite quote: “ Whatever you want to do in life, do it now, because there are only so many tomorrows. ”
Favourite song: Lately it's been “The Itsy Bitsy Spider!”
On working at Kits House: I strongly believe in building strong communities so I am extremely proud to work for a non-profit organization that focuses on the growth and development of families and individuals in an attempt to make our community a better place.
Angelo Moroni, Dunbar Kids Club Assistant Supervisor
Email: dunbarkidsclub@kitshouse.org
Phone:
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Favourite quote: “ Stop, look, listem. You don’t know what you’re missin’-M.C. Lyte”
Favourite song: I have many favourite songs, depends on my mood”
On working at Kits House: I have been given the opportunity to be part of a community that I do not live in and realize that we all have similar needs and joys.
Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
OFFICE LOCATION DURING RE-DEVELOPMENT:
3683 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6R 4N6
Phone: (604) 736-3588
Fax: (604) 736-3640
Web: www.KitsHouse.org
Email: frontdesk@kitshouse.org
